窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū

परिभाषाएँ

1. steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])

窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 के घटक शब्द

• 国 guó: country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
• 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 钩 gōu: to hook
• 侯 hóu: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
• 窃 qiè: (humble) I
• 诛 zhū: to put (a criminal) to death